Question

Sarah adds 10 g of baking soda to 100 g of vinegar. The mixture begins 20

to bubble. When the bubbling stops, Sarah finds the mass of the resulting
mixture. She determines its mass is 105 g. The data she collected is in the
table. Does this follow the law of conservation of mass? Explain.​

Answer 1

Yes, the reaction between baking soda and vinegar follows the law of conservation of mass.

Step-by-step explanation:

The table and data was not attached to the question.

When baking soda and vinegar are mixed together, a chemical reaction occur resulting to release of gas (carbon dioxide gas)

Law of conservation of mass states that the total mass of the reactants in a chemical reaction must be equal to the total mass of the products.

That is mass of reactant = mass of product = 100g + 10g = 110g

Sarah got 105g as product because a gas of mass 5g was released during the reaction.

Sarah found the mass of the resulting

mixture without including the mass of the released gas.

A way to account for the mass of the gas is if the experiment is done in a closed system like zip lock bag to collect and account for the mass of the gas.

When this is done, the law of conservation of mass would be proven.